Tie-plate.



W.'L. .DE REMER. L

TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1909.

1,075,31 2. Patented 001;. 7, 1913.

- To a whom it may concern:

the bottom instance extend longitudinally of the plate,

that is, at an angle to said shoulder. ern. practice are usually screw type AS11161- I do not herein claim the 'novel methods cat'ed at B in Fig. 9. i The upper surfaces 0 of forming niy tie-plates and severing the the bosses A are upwardly and outwar same from blanks orbar, as "the same consti: inclined from thespike oles to form suptute the subjectmatter of an original appliports for. the heads of the screwspikes. The cation filed by me on June 18,1908, SerialNo. resulting {tie-plate is thus comparatively sional application No. 980,500. ,In thedrawingFigure 1is' 0 a portion of the blank or bar 7 7 tie-plates; Fig. '2 anedge view of Fig.1; Fig.

T omen OF GHXCAGO, ILLINOIS.

I Tin-rims.

Specification of. Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 7,1913.

Original application filed June is, 1908, Serial No. 439,159.

1909. Serial No. 514,083..

side with a series of transverse shoulders a and with bosses aivliich by preference and Be it known that I, \VinLiAir Ll Du Rant-n, a citizenof the United States, reas herein shown. are integra with said srding at Chicago, in the countyof "Cook shoulders and extend at an angle therefrom and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in T ie-Plates, of which the following is a-specitication.

This invention relates to .metal tie-plates and the object thereof is to provide a tieplate of comparatively simple and economical construction and e-fiicicnt and durable in use.

Speaking in'" general terms, consists of a body portion'or plate proper having on its upper face near one end a transverse shoulder cooperating withwone side of the rail flange, and bosses or rein forcements on such upper face adjacent the spike holes, one side of as clearly showninFigs. 1 and 2. "Also by preference and as shown the other or under face or side of the blank or bar is provided with longitudinal flanges a? which arehere shown, as extending at an an le to the shoulders and below the bosses. In practice the oiiits intermediate the ends of the indicated by the dotted lines A. his the production of tlie separate tieplates such as shown .in Fig. 3, it being ob vious from Fig. 1 that after; said severing operation the bosses of the blank-form the bosses at the end of one plate and the opposite end of the next adjoining plate. the proper time (in practice before the shearing or severing of the blank into tieplate lengths) the spike holes a are punche or otherwise provided in the tie-plates and through tliebosses for the purpose of reniy tie-plate such bosses be ng adjacent said shoulder and by preference formed integral with and extending at an an le/from the same. Also by preference face of the plate is providedwithja flange or ang e which in the present ceiving the spikes which according to modsimple in construction and is efficient in use,

439,159, andissuedon October 12, 1909, 2 5 Patent No. 936,423, and of a second. div the arrangement of transverse shouldenand' filed simultaneously her '-v bosses with' on August 23, 1909, Serial No.'-.51 1,082, 191-1, asjPatent and issued on J anuaryi 3,

serving not only to materially hen thefbody of the plate and to sehold the rail but also to curely reinforce given apart-iciilarly bosses which, moreover, strengthen the plate. at wliere it is liable to be weakened. tlierinore, said "construction serves-to effectually resistlateral strains an broad hearing by the reinforce and the spike holes a plan view of which is sepamy new tie-plates';'Fig. a perspective view thereo Fig. 5- an 'end view of the plate; .Figs. 6, side thrusts to which the rail 15 subjected in and 8 sections onthe lines corresponding'to use. I said figures as indicated on'Fig'l 3; and Fig. I claim: 1 I

9 a side elevatiouof one of my tie-plates in 1.. A tie} late forrails comprising a body formed J of. which-is illustrated in f subsequently position spikes'and a rail also. in osition. a '50 near one en a transverse is substantially vertical to i which forms a suporting surface for one, side of the rail base and having a boss integral with said body le to the plane of th portion and at anang shoulder and extending adjacent to the line ortion hav ng shoulder which. said body portion and .on a tie and illustrating. screw in a long of the edge of the rail ase, which boss has a effectuallyand support the spikes which are Divided and this application filed August as,

, blank or bar is covered transversely at v bosses a Furof tie plate shoulder WhichQis' substantially vertical t0 of theshoulder, Which 'boss has a spike hole of the spike, said body-portion having at -i n- I 2.5. tie-plate for rails comprising a body portion having near one end a transverse- I :portin '30 the ra-i head thereof, said shoulder connecting said bosses, and-said body portion having near- 4 0' portion havln near one end a' transverse said-bodyport'ion; and which forms a-lsu p porting surface forone side or the base of i 5'1ntegralwith said body '2 I a f 1,075,312

spike hole Withvvalls arranged to support the back and sides of the shank. of azspike a and is inclined upwardly from the hole toward said end of the plateto form a back 6 ing for. the head of the spike, said. bodyportion having near its other end a boss provided With-aspike hole;

1 2.] A- tie-plateforrails comprising a bodythe plane of the shoulder, being located between said bosses, said body portion having-nearits outer end a second pair of bosses integral With suchbody-por- 'tion and having spike holes, said first-named bosses being inclined on their top faces to portion having n'earone end a transverse the heads of, screw splkes and. belng arsaid body portion; and which forms a supporting surface for one side of the base of a 'rail, and having aboss integral with said body portion and at an angle tdthe plane 'spike shanks'belovv' s'ucll heads, and the .lastnamed bosses being inclined on theirinner t $0 the-body-portionf" upwardly from the hole tpwardsaid end of I v I the plate to form "a backing for the head the blank is severed through the bosses sepa rate tie-plateslwill be formed each With-a its other end a boss WillCh isp'rovided with transverse shoulder at one side, bosses ad:

,a-sp'ike hole and ,Which at'lts inner end, toward the rail, is inclined to the body pordescribed.

,6. A- rolled tie-plate barhaving a series of transversely arranged bosses thereon and adapted when' cutthrough such bosses the 'platetsoformed will have spike supporting bosses on the ends of the same.

' shoulder'which is substantially vertical. to

said bodyportion and vvhichf-forms a sup-1 vsurface for (one side of the base of and alsdhavin'g a pair of bosses pro transversely arranged bosses t adapted-When cut through such'.-.bosses the alfofi its circumference and toback the porting bosses on the ends of the same;

1t s other end a secondpair ofboss'es integral' with such bod portion and having spike olesa A" tieTPlate' for railsv comprising a body have spike'supporting bosses on', the-lends" 4 I r of the same for supportingthe'spikeheads: shoulder Whic "is substantiallyvertical to Witnesses:

S; E. HIBBEN,

ther'rall, and also LOUIS B. 'ERWIN.

having a .pair of bosses portionandwith said shoulder andextending at anan'gle toi said shoulder 7; A'rolled tie-plate bar havinga series 05f ereon an p nd vwith the inclined under faces'of f A tie-plate bar or blank from Whicha v series of tie-plates is formed and which haseoo acent thereto and corresponding bosses at Y i the other end of the plates; substantially as plate-s0 formed, Will have spike head supinclined upper faces and adapted when out I throughsuch bosses'the plate so formed will,

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